Details - Field journal, eastern and north central United States, California, Hawaii, and Midway and Wake Islands, 1922-1923

Field journal, eastern and north central United States, California, Hawaii, and Midway and Wake Islands, 1922-1923

Title

Field journal, eastern and north central United States, California, Hawaii, and Midway and Wake Islands, 1922-1923

Related Titles

Contained In: Alexander Wetmore Field Books, 1894-1975, from the Division of Birds

Series: SIA Acc. 12-331

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1922-1923

Notes

This item consists of a field journal detailing Alexander Wetmore's field work on birds, with some attention to plants and fish, from 1922-1923. Dated entries consist of accounts of hunting and collecting specimens, as well as behavioral observations, travel details, and daily activity. Localities include but are not limited to North Dakota, Hawaii, and the Midway and Wake Islands. Included are sketches, maps, and a temporary skin catalog with species name, date, locality, description, and specimen numbers 7751-7887. Additional specimen charts and lists are also present and organized by locality.